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Ann Street Black Business District, July 1975 Photographer: Wystan Stevens

Ann Street Black Business District, July 1975 image
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1975
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Longtime Ann Street Businesses Close, June 1977 Photographer: Robert Chase

Longtime Ann Street Businesses Close, June 1977 image
Year:
1977
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, June 29, 1977
Caption:
Renovation Could Reopen These Closed E. Ann St. Buildings
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Ann Street Black Business District

For most of the twentieth century, the 100 block of East Ann Street was a hub for Black-owned businesses in downtown Ann Arbor. A rotating set of barber shops, shoe shine parlors, dry cleaners, restaurants, blues bars, and pool rooms formed the backbone of Black social life, especially for men. The district stretched around the corner onto North Fourth Avenue where the Colored Welfare League housed Black-owned businesses and community organizations such as the early Dunbar Center.

David Keaton

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Ann Arbor News, August 7, 1971
Day
7
Month
August
Year
1971
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100 Block of E. Ann St., March 1954

100 Block of E. Ann St., March 1954 image
Year:
1954
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, November 30, 1953
Caption:
WHAT CITY HALL WOULD REPLACE: This is the business block the proposed new city hall would replace if it is erected in the 100 block of E. Ann St. The welter of small stores and apartments on the second and third floors has been labeled a fire hazard by those seeking passage of the city hall proposals on April 5. Out of sight at the right is the new Courthouse, now under construction. Mayor William E. Brown, jr., is leading the move to build a city hall on this site.
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